Innovating science education: First Pakistani to get Howard Hughes professorship Boston University&r

Innovating science education: First Pakistani to get Howard Hughes professorship Boston University’s Hamid Zaman and his students have developed a detector for counterfeit and defective drugs flooding poorer countries, among other technologies to improve medical care in the developing world. Zaman is an associate professor of biomedical engineering at BU’s College of Engineering and a columnist for The Express Tribune. But now he has another feather in his cap. He is one of the 15 professors across the United States – and the first Pakistani – to receive the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Professorships, awarded to researchers to introduce innovative techniques for undergraduate science education. And for this, the professorship confers a five-year $1 million grant to each HHMI professor. (complete news) Zaman Lab’s website Follow us on Facebook | Twitter or Submit something or Just Ask! -- source link
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